Structure of local communities of endemic dung beetles in Madagascar

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 481-496

  Viljanen, Heidi ^a   Wirta, Helena ^a   Montreuil, Olivier ^b   Rahagalala, Pierre ^c   Johnson, Steig ^a   Hanski, Ilkka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

beta diversity; community structure; elevational occurrence; niche partitioning; resource competition; species richness

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIEL VARIATION; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENDEMIC SPECIES; RESOURCE USE; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

MADAGASCAR;

COLEOPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77957266574     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000325     Document Type: Article

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